E2M3: Retrospective Kyoto (Tarnsman's Projectile Hell)

E2M3: Retrospective Kyoto is the third map in episode Strange Oriental Discourse of Tarnsman's Projectile Hell. It was designed by Richard Frei (Tarnsman) and uses the music track "Jade Empire," originally composed by Stuart Rynn (stewboy) for the Plutonia MIDI Pack. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 5:30.

Other points of interest
Open the west wall in the normal exit room to find a light amplification visor and a message.

When you teleport to the area with the red key (see secret 1), try to run west to the ledge with chaingunners by using the very edge of the teleporter, so you can pass it without teleporting. From the ledge, jump northwest to a hidden area with another light amplification visor.

Secrets

 * 1) Head east of the exit door and use the blue skull switch to reveal a teleporter. Take the teleporter to get armor bonuses, energy cells, and a plasma gun. If you look at the north wall, you will see a face, which lowers the ground where the plasma gun is to a red key. (sector 368)
 * 2) Head east of the exit door and use the blue skull switch to reveal a teleporter. Afterwards, go to the east side of the map, then head north and climb the steps. Head west and south to a teleporter, which takes you to medikits. If you have the red key, you can head southwest to get the secret exit. (sector 424)
 * 3) Head to the southwest side and climb the ledges to the east walkway. Head north and look at the skull switch. Shoot it and drop down. Head northwest now, but immediately turn southwest and you will find energy cells and a megaarmor. (sector 438)
 * 4) At the southeast area, get to the high ledge on the west side and press on the southwest wall to find rockets and a backpack. (sector 662)
 * 5) At the southwest end of the map, go through the west wall where the candle is to find health bonuses, rockets, a box of ammo, and a box of shotgun shells. The teleporter will let you run north to get more rockets, a blue key, and either a megazerk or a soul sphere (or neither of these on Ultra-Violence or higher). (sector 747)

Bugs
A box of shotgun shells (Thing 1499) in the northeast has no flags set for any of the three difficulty classes, so it does not actually appear in the level.

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on June 19, 2022.

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level: